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The School of Education is one of four schools within Adelaide University’s College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences.

We are a team of professional, analytical, and impactful professionals, academics and researchers who pursue cross-disciplinary opportunities. Through collaborations, we create an inclusive, engaging and intellectually vibrant environment where our students can succeed.

Meet the team

Professor Susan James Relly

Dean, School of Education

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This theme explores inclusive approaches to classroom management that promote student wellbeing, engagement and equitable participation in learning.

Name	Position
Associate Professor Lesley-Anne Ey	Child Development, Educational Psychology and Child Protection in Early Childhood Education.
Professor Elspeth McInnes	Child Protection and Wellbeing in Early Childhood Education.
Mrs Shaan Gilson	Health and Physical Education and Middle School Pedagogies
Dr Leanne Longfellow	Inclusive Education
Mr Luke Covino	Regional Teaching Specialist teaching across Biology/Science/Maths/HPE
Mrs Rachel Milosevic	Classroom Management in Primary Education and Professional Experience
Associate Professor Deborah Green	Education and Social Wellbeing in Initial Teacher Education
Associate Professor Deborah Price	Wellbeing and Inclusion in Education
Ms Anna Lloyd	Psychology and Teacher Education
Dr Foteini Pasenidou	Disability and Education
Associate Professor Joanna Anderson	Inclusive Education
Professor Chris Boyle	Psychology and Inclusive Education
Dr Marine Best	Inclusive Education in Middle Years Schooling
Mrs Tash Thornton	Classroom Management and Critical Pedagogies in the Secondary Years
Dr Tom Porta	Inclusive Education and Curriculum and Pedagogy in Secondary Education

Exploring digital innovation, design thinking and emerging technologies, this area prepares students for teaching and learning in contemporary educational environments.

Name	Position
Dr Sam Fowler	Implicit Psychological Aspects of Learning
Professor Vitomir Kovanovic	Learning Analytics, Artificial Intelligence Educational Technology and Computing and Data mining and Knowledge Discovery
Dr Bec Neill	Early Childhood Education, Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Schooling Experiences of the Disadvantaged
Dr Jamie Manolev	Datafication of Education and School Exclusionary Practices
Mrs Sarah Rogers	Food Technology, Hospitality, Textiles and Child Studies
Dr Abhinava Barthakur	Learning Analytics, Artificial Intelligence in Education and Measurement of Complex Competencies
Ms Alison Coleman	Design and Technology and Food and Textile in Secondary Education
Dr Chris Chimwayange	Intersection of Emergent Technologies, Educational Policy and Pedagogical Practice
Mr Chris Pedler-Jones	Secondary Education Design and Technologies
Ms Kim Martin	Digital Learning and Inclusive Technologies
Mr Michael Cuevas	Secondary Design & Technology
Associate Professor Negin Mirriahi	Artificial Intelligent and Online Learning
Professor Srecko Joksimovic	Design and use of Digital Technologies and AI to support learning
Dr John Kennedy	Complexity of Schools and Education
Dr Andrew Zamecnik	Learners Teaming Behaviours

Supporting young children to thrive through responsive, play-based and evidence-informed approaches to teaching, learning and development.

Name	Position
Dr Susie Raymond	Teacher Self Efficacy Beliefs
Ms Belinda Trewartha	All things Mathematical and Scientific
Dr Jodie Stribling	Perceptions of Social and Emotional Competence
Dr Anne-Marie Shin	Early Childhood Curriculum and Pedagogy
Ms Diane Lawrence	Professional Experience
Associate Professor Jamie Sisson	Connecting Theory, Research and Practice
Dr Jane Webb-Williams	Advocacy and Expertise in Play
Dr Martyn Mills-Bayne	Social Emotional Learning, Neurodiversity in Education and Esports in Schools
Dr Valentina Bertotti	Advancing Equity and Social Justice within Education Systems

Literacy, language and communication are at the heart of this area, helping learners develop critical reading, writing and multimodal communication skills.

Name	Position
Ms Therese Lovett	Digital Play, Language and Literacies and Social Semiotics
Dr Amy Farndale	Child Language Acquisition and Multilingual and Multimodal Language and Literacy
Mrs Natalie Natsias	Supporting a Child’s Home Languages, Backgrounds and Cultures
Dr Abu Nawas	Quantitative Analysis
Ms Claire Nicholls	Learning about Reading and Text Production
Associate Professor David Caldwell	Functional Linguistics and the Role Language plays in Learning, Identity and Inclusion.
Dr Jenni Carter	English Language and Literacy Development
Dr Jill Colton	Children’s Literature and Digital Media
Mrs Joanne White	Learning about Reading
Mrs Sarah Forrest	English Education
Dr Sarah McDonald	Gendered Subjectivities, Girlhood, Social Mobility, Barriers and Educational Inequalities

Creativity, expression, health and wellbeing are fostered through engaging approaches to arts education, physical education and lifelong learning.

Name	Position
Ms Wendy Piltz	Pedagogy in HPE, Group Dynamics and Choice Theory
Mrs Alison Wade	Health & Physical Education
Ms April Hague	Learning About Reading, Professional Experience and Drama and Visual Arts
Ms Robyn Carmody	Arts Education
Dr Belinda MacGill	Arts, Virtual Reality, Aesthetics and Learning Design Theory
Mr Daniel Anderson	Outdoor and Environmental Education, Health and Physical Education
Mr Darren Marner	Health and Physical Education
Mr Fletcher Clarke	Health and Physical Education
Ms Karen Inwood	Drama-based Pedagogy, Creative Self-Efficacy
Ms Kerrin Rowlands	Arts Educator
Ms Lisa Mahoney	Health and Physical Education and Health, Physical Education and Creating Positive Learning Environments.
Ms Maddie Edwards	Demystifying and Mobilising the Creative Process
Associate Professor Robyne Garrett	Construction of Gender in Physical Activity Contexts, Embodiment, and Arts-Based Instructional Approaches
Mr Shane Leathem	Health and Physical Education
Mr Simon Hatji	Exploring the Use of Background Music in Class
Mrs Sirelle Mollison	Health and Physical Education
Mrs Tracey Cramond	Health and Physical Education and Science Educator
Dr Daniel Lee	Intersection of Contemporary Education, Technology, the Arts, and Cultural Studies

Examining education through social, cultural and historical perspectives, this theme explores the role of education in society and social change.

Name	Position
Associate Professor Melanie Baak	Migration and Refugee Belonging
Ms Grace Emanuele	Diversity and Inclusion
Associate Professor Hannah Soong	Lived Experiences of Children and Young People in Transnational Contexts
Dr Rachel Bleeze	Comparative and International Educational in History
Dr Eliza Di Gregorio	Critical Policy Researcher
Associate Professor Greg Vass	Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Approaches to Education
Dr Labhaoise Upton	Culturally Responsive Practice in Teaching
Mr Malcolm McInerney	Humanities and Social Sciences Educator
Associate Professor Samantha Schulz	Educational and Social Justice
Associate Professor Samuel Osborne	Culturally Responsive Pedagogies, Aboriginal Languages and Remote Aboriginal Education
Ms Susan Jones	Humanities and Social Sciences Educator

Contemporary approaches to Islamic education support culturally responsive teaching and learning within diverse educational contexts.

Name	Position
Mr Dylan Chown	Islamic Pedagogy and Culturally and Religiously Responsive Pedagogy
Professor Mohamad Abdalla	Islamic worldview and epistemology, tarbiyah, educator formation, leadership, Arabic language education, and civilisational exchange between Islamic and Western traditions
Associate Professor Nadeem Memon	Islamic Pedagogy, comparative faith-based schooling, philosophy of religious education, and culturally responsive pedagogy

Grounded in the traditions and values of Catholic education, this area prepares educators to teach and lead in faith-based learning environments.

Name	Position
Dr Julie Trinidad	Catholic studies and Education
Liza Kourmouzas	Catholic studies and Education

Focusing on multilingual education and language learning, this theme supports learners engaging with linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

Name	Position
Dr Gregory Restall	Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics
Dr Min Pham	English as additional language or dialect (EALD), English medium education (EME) and content and language integrated learning (CLIL)
Associate Professor Joel Windle	Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
Dr Li-Ching Chang	Human and Machine Interaction/Collaboration in Language Learning
Dr Mei French	Multilingual Learners in Australian Schools and Higher Education
Dr Nishani Singh	Grammer in English, EALD/TESOL
Dr Toan Pham	EALD/TESOL

Supporting learners to understand and apply mathematical and scientific concepts through engaging, evidence-informed teaching practices.

Name	Position
Ms Natalie Dibb	Science Educator
Dr Chelsea Cutting	Early Years Maths Educator
Ms Helen Booth	Early Years Maths Educator
Ms Jennifer Chalmers	Curriculum, Policy and Educational Support Structures influences on Integration of Digital Technologies in Mathematics and Science Education
Associate Professor John Willison	Engagement in Critical and Creative Thinking, Problem Solving, WIL and Innovation
Mr Karl Grice	Science and WIL Educator
Dr Kate Quane	Maths and Inclusive Ed, Regional Schooling, Hard of Hearing Students
Mrs Leanne Larkin	Maths and Science Educator
Associate Professor Lisa O’Keeffe	Enhancing Access to Quality Mathematical Experiences and Improving Teacher Practice in Mathematics
Mr Julian Rebellato	Science and Maths Educator

Authentic professional learning experiences connect theory and practice, preparing future teachers for successful careers in education.

Name	Position
Mr Tom Linnell	WIL, Teaching In Rural Locations
Miss Philippa Marsh	WIL Educator
Ms Amy Robinson	Teacher Performance Assessment
Ms Denise Alderman	WIL and Classroom Management
Dr Helen Stephenson	WIL
Dr Lisl Fenwick	Teachers and Instructor Development, WIL
Ms Mata Kalyvas	WIL
Associate Professor Walter Babieri	Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies
Ms Sharron Jones	WIL

Educational research in this area advances knowledge, informs practice and contributes to positive outcomes for learners, educators and communities.

Name	Position
Dr Steven Stolz	Applied Ethics, Epistemology and Education Policy
Dr Ruth Aston	Health Systems and Health Services Research, Program Evaluation and Educational Evaluation
Associate Professor Chris Deneen	Innovative Approaches to Assessment, Feedback and Learning Engagement
Associate Professor Igusti Darmawan	ICT, Science, and Mathematics Education, along with Quantitative Methods and Measurement
Professor Keita Takayama	Cross-cultural Investigations of Education, Comparative and International Research, Politics of Academic Knowledge Production
Dr Neil Tippett	Child and Adolescent Behaviour and Wellbeing
Associate Professor Nina Maadad	Comparative and Cross-Cultural Education, Migrant Cultural Studies
Associate Professor Prachi Srivastava	Privatisation and Private Sector Engagement in Education; Global Education Policy and the Right to Education; Education Disruption and Recovery after Conflicts/Pandemics
Professor Simon Leonard	Education Polity, Learning Sciences
Dr YJ Kim	Assessment Researcher
Dr Maria Vieria	Research educator
Dr Florence Gabriel	Policy Analyst, Mathematics Educator
Associate Professor Melanie Baak	Migration and Refugee Belonging
Dr Rebecca Marrone	Creativity, Wellbeing, and Human and Artificial Cognition